GRE Word List
MALADROIT
lacking adroitness : inept
The meaning of the word maladroit is lacking adroitness : inept.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| demure | reserved |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| beeline | a straight direct course |